Linbian
22°26′N 120°31′E / 22.433°N 120.517°E
Linbian Township 林邊鄉 | |
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Linbian Township in Pingtung County | |
| Location | Pingtung County, Taiwan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16 km2 (6 sq mi) |
| Population (February 2024) | |
| • Total | 16,382 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
Linbian Township[1] (Chinese: 林邊鄉; pinyin: Línbiān Xiāng; Wade–Giles: Lin2-pian1 Hsiang1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Nâ-piⁿ-hiong or Nâ-á-piⁿ [林仔邊]; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Lìm-piên-hiông) is a rural township in western Pingtung County, Taiwan. It lies at the mouth of the Linbian River, facing the Taiwan Strait. It is known for its year-round warm climate, seafood restaurants and its wax apples (lembus).
Names edit
The area was called Pangsoya[2] or Pangsoia[3] during the Dutch era, and was later a small town called Pang-soh (Chinese: 放索; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pàng-soh).[3] Early ethnic Chinese settlers called the area Nâ-á-piⁿ (林仔邊, lit. "wood's edge"). In 1920, the Japanese administration renamed the settlement Rinhen (Japanese: 林邊), officially Rinhen Village (林邊庄). In 1945, the Kuomintang regime retained the same Chinese characters which are read as Línbiān in Mandarin Chinese. However, the older Taiwanese pronunciation of Nâ-á-piⁿ continues to be commonly used.[4]
History edit
In 1951, Nanzhou Township was separated from Linbian.
Geography edit
- Area: 15.62 square kilometres (6.03 sq mi)
- Population: 16,382 people (February 2024)
Climate edit
Like the rest of Southern Taiwan, Linbian is located within the tropics and has a tropical wet and dry climate. Due to its location, it is considered to be one of the warmest townships of Taiwan having the smallest temperature variations between seasons in the country (along with other various townships in Pingtung) because it is both located at a low latitude on the central Pingtung plains and also just above the Hengchun Peninsula which therefore does not share the peninsula's temperate climate caused by its sea currents. The coldest month is January and the warmest month is July, with an average daily mean of 21°C (70°F) and 28°C (82°F) respectively. Although statistically the average highs during "winter" varies around 26°C (79°F), temperatures exceeding 29°C (84°F) during the afternoon are not uncommon even in January.
Due to the warm and mostly windless weather, Linbian is famous for growing some of the best wax apples (lembus) in Taiwan, with one of the longest harvest seasons in the country, therefore it is nicknamed "the wax apple township" (蓮霧之鄉).
| Climate data for Central Pingtung (Fangliao Township) (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.1 (79.0) | 28.1 (82.6) | 30.5 (86.9) | 31.8 (89.2) | 32.6 (90.7) | 33.3 (91.9) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.5 (90.5) | 31.1 (88.0) | 29.0 (84.2) | 26.5 (79.7) | 30.0 (86.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.1 (61.0) | 17.1 (62.8) | 19.5 (67.1) | 22.6 (72.7) | 24.9 (76.8) | 26.0 (78.8) | 26.5 (79.7) | 26.2 (79.2) | 25.6 (78.1) | 24.2 (75.6) | 21.3 (70.3) | 17.5 (63.5) | 22.3 (72.1) |
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Administrative divisions edit
The township comprises 10 villages: Guanglin, Linbian, Qifeng, Renhe, Shuili, Tiancuo, Yongle, Zengan, Zhonglin and Zhulin.
Tourist attractions edit
Transportation edit
Notable natives edit
- Tsao Chi-hung, Magistrate of Pingtung County (2005 - 2014)
- Tsai Sen-lang, Founder and Superintendent of the Da-Dung Hospital in Kaohsiung[5]
References edit
- ^ 臺灣地區鄉鎮市區級以上行政區域名稱中英對照表 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Glossary of Names for Administrative Divisions. (in Chinese) Accessed at Taiwan Geographic Names Information System website 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine (in English). Ministry of the Interior. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ Andrade, Tonio (2005). "Chapter 3: Pax Hollandica". How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century. Columbia University Press. Chapter 3, Note 76.
- ^ a b Campbell, William (1903). "Explanatory Notes". Formosa under the Dutch: described from contemporary records, with explanatory notes and a bibliography of the island. London: Kegan Paul. p. 545. ISBN 9789576380839. OCLC 644323041.
- ^ 吳秀麗 (1994). Independence Evening Post 商用台語 (in Chinese). Taipei. p. 145. ISBN 9789575963149.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ 中时新闻网. "全国最老医院院长 行医如行善 - 新闻". 中时新闻网 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2022-03-08.
External links edit
- Linbian Township Office (in Chinese)